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“Evil Professor” timelines: IIII II

Wrong London Future Mansion Maze Hell

Set 10 years in the future with the professor having taken over London, exactly like my fake London. Except it’s not like my fake London because for some reason he has a STUPID GIANT MANSION FULL OF PUZZLES INSTEAD OF THE PAGODA. OKAY. SURE.

There’s a rebellion against him, and I tried to help, but well. That didn’t turn out so well – and THEN the professor took an odd interest in my, well, condition? I guess you could call it? He kept asking me if it hurt. Over and over and over! And then there was this whole thing - god, it would take ages to explain. I proceeded to get lost in his horrible maze hell house (hence the new name I've given this place).

Unrelated note, I should mention, the me here is a filmmaker with a completely intact, perfectly fine set of parents. Alright then. He frequently tags along with me, usually to get “inspiration footage” or whatever he calls it.

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Anyways, just when I THOUGHT I was free after countless attempts to escape, I was sent straight back to square one for reasons I will not be elaborating on.

Because there was absolutely no way I was going through all that trouble again, I strategically feigned my alliance with the dictator professor. Wouldn't be my first time, after all. (I swear I'm trying to be a better person!!!)

Anyways, I got a nice hat from it. Also, this professor has a BILL HAWKS TORTURE ROOM??? Of course, the whole “ruling over London and forcing puzzle locks on doors” thing is quite bad but this isn't really that bad, is it?

I do have good reason to believe he isn't truly an “evil layton”, despite my earlier categorization, though.

???The One Where I’m Apparently Locked In A Dungeon Of Some Sort??????

Normally, I reserve the naming of these places for frequently visited ones, but this one stood out to me a lot so I’m going to note this one down.

WHAT ON EARTH WAS THAT????????

Murder Timelines: IIII IIII III

First Assassin

The second most frequent timeline I ended up in, though my visits haven’t been often as of late. I can’t say I’m very fond of how my first experience with this one is watching the professor and Luke hide a body and immediately try not to become the next corpse to be hidden (and by that I mean not. fond. at all.)

I’ve noticed the professor and Luke kill people with swords and shovels respectively. In fact, this is very consistent with a lot of timelines where they do kill people. Why is this so common???

The only one where they didn’t use swords or shovels is when I saw Luke piloting some strange walking machine, and the professor oddly just repeating the same sentence over and over like some broken record. I’m not sure what to make of that variation.

Tangent aside, the professor here seems rather polite, as usual. Gentlemanly, even. Surprisingly, it’s a safe resting spot.

Gunner’s Timeline

It has a similar structure to most “murder timelines” I end up in. Same weapons and reasons and all that. One key difference is the fact that the me in this timeline is APPARENTLY, by some wild chance, the professor’s son. Well, whatever makes me him not destroy London, I suppose. Somehow, this is the most annoying version of myself I’ve ever met. Does he just have 100 guns in that coat of his?? Does he ever shut up????

Unfortunately for me, Gunner likes to tag along with me. He’s rather lucky I happen to end up in his timeline often enough that he isn’t stranded away from home for days or weeks.

Though he also seems very unlucky in his own timeline. It’s a little concerning (but also a bit funny) how many times I’ve popped in while he was in the middle of some sort of terrible situation for him. Most of the time he’s been pushed into the Thames again or something.

Timelines I Saved From Myself: III

These tend to be nearly identical to my own. Same plans, same massive fortress, etc, etc. I do my best to stop those versions of me whenever possible. I can’t just watch myself make those same mistakes again. I don’t usually end up in these timelines again, or at least, I don’t think I have. I’m recording these anyway though because I’m allowed to have some nice things, alright?

The One I Didn’t Exactly Succeed At But I’m Counting It Anyways

So for this one, I found myself back at the Thames Arms, right when the professor was doing his whole ‘point and accuse’ thing. And well, now that I was there, I thought I could use this opportunity to talk some sense into myself and skip the whole London destruction sequence before it was too late! But for whatever reason, that version of me had NO CLUE what I was going on about!

Ridiculous. Wasted a PERFECTLY GOOD speech on someone who apparently wasn’t even planning on destroying London! Just great! What even was that? Everything looked exactly the same, so it had to be my London! There’s a small chance that could’ve been a real future Luke wearing the outfit I chose for some reason, but then why was my name being thrown around?

Whatever the case, it looked like London was safe there. So I’m categorizing this here. These are my notes, I’ll do as I please.

The Fortress One

One might notice that a lot of these weren’t really successful HOWEVER. REITERATING THAT I’M ALLOWED TO HAVE SOME NICE THINGS.

I wound up in the fortress’ control room and wrestled myself for the controls. I’m not elaborating on the outcome.

Pretending To Be Big Luke Again but For The Actual Greater Good This Time

This time around I ended up in the middle of our little underground escapade. I happened to see their version of me leaving to go check on things. So, I thought up ways I could potentially avert this London’s fate. I then had the idea of simply taking this Clive’s place for the time being so I could point the professor in the right direction earlier than usual.

Timelines I May Or May Not Have Messed Up:

I’m not tallying these

?????????

So I’m not entirely sure about this one, but there is a slight chance I may have caused this one. My first encounter with it went by so fast – I found myself in some strange ruin, and then I heard a scream next to me. I wasn’t sure who it was at the time. All I knew was that it was some unlucky fellow sitting far too close to the edge of a deep chasm. And soon after, I was thrown right into my next destination.

And I thought I would never see this timeline again. Until I found myself in this bright and colourful city – Monte Door? Something like that? More importantly, I seemed to bump into Luke, Emmy, and someone I didn’t recognize.

And it was strange. Normally I see the professor with

them. And sure, maybe it was just that the professor was off doing something else while these two tagged along with another guy.

Curious to see what the difference in this timeline was, I hid and followed behind the group for a while. While eavesdropping, I found out that he had apparently fell to his death along with someone else.

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I don’t know what to make of this.

There is the large possibility that it’s a coincidence. After all, there’s a thousand of different ways that could happen to someone.

I’m just going to end this one off here.

Miscellaneous But Noteworthy Timelines:

The Fourth Clive’s Timeline

It appears I’ve unfortunately gathered a consistent group now, because Gunner and Film refuse to leave me alone whenever I drop by. And now I’ve encountered yet another version of me who insists on tagging along. What’s wrong with all of them???

Anyhow, the main differences I’ve gathered from this timeline are literally just that apparently this version of me got adopted by Luke’s parents, and grew up in the small town of Misthallery. That… seems to be all?? It’s an odd singular difference to have, but I suppose at this point I shouldn’t be questioning it. Well, for all I know, there could be some major differences elsewhere I’m not aware of. I don’t exactly care enough for the matter to look far into it, though.

Weird Effects

I’m not sure what to call them. If I’m not back in my cell for a while, I guess my entire existence just DOESN’T AGREE WITH THAT and I start getting these black and white squares around me. Recently, they’ve been crowding around the right side of my face. I think it might also be affecting my vision a little – Well, aside from the blocking HALF MY FACE, that is. But surely it can’t get worse than that.

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So it got worse than that. I think its starting to spread to the other side of my face and I think its only a matter of time before this stupid ordeal kills me. I swear Im going to THROTTLE DIMITRI NEXT TIME I SEE HIM. I DONT CARE IF HE ISNT EVEN FROM MY UNIVERSE IM THROTTLING THE NEXT ONE I SEE.

Okay I’m normal again